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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1904
Page
4
Fragmentary verse by Joaquin Altier on authenticity and growth. The text blends archaic diction with broken lines, referencing nature and time. It presents a meditation on becoming true to oneself through patient growth, with surreal phrasing and dreamlike imagery.
A traveling man escorts a teen girl home after she flirts with him on the street. He confronts her mother and explains the danger of straying with strangers, hoping to curb the behavior. The piece then shifts to the Philippines commission visiting Seattle, where interpreters help convey the magnitude of American institutions to Filipinos and locals alike.
A Lewis and Pendleton Tribune appeal urges immediate steps to create a county fair in Pendleton and Umatilla County. It cites the region as a premier wheat and wool area and argues a fair strengthens community bonds, attracts outsiders, and sustains local enterprise amid broader national debates. Also referenced is a nationwide packing-house workers strike hurting markets, livelihoods, and grocery stores, with long recovery anticipated.
A Pall Mall Gazette report records Pius X claiming he pays for every drop of water used at the Quirinal palace. He refuses to disclose a yearly tax but hints the amount equals his love for the royal family. The exchange turns on modern needs and ancient prerogatives.
The Danish king, famed for giving alms during walks, offered a suncoin to a beggar who quipped he would rather have a picture of the monarch. The king laughed, producing a gold coin bearing his likeness that did not appear on the silver coins, in a playful street moment.
A Boston Transcript poem fragment describes a monk in a cloister seeking heaven, envisioning an azure dome beyond a distant arch and a mournful voice singing of paradise a garden. The verse reflects longing, prayer, and spiritual ascent amid bleak imagery.
The piece notes widespread unrest from strikes across the county with about 100000 idle workers, packing industry walkouts, and cotton mill operatives raising total unemployment to 73000. It cites riots and intimidation centered in Chicago, police unable to quell disturbances, and alleged arrests of strike leaders as rioters go free.
A correspondent portrays a hill of Galena in the British Central African Protectorate, likening its terraces and vast metal yields to the pyramids. He notes silver, copper, and iron in long sheds awaiting construction at a site called Broken Hill, with thousands of tons of metal dazzling the eye.
An Egyptian observer claims Nile farmers are superior to American agriculturists, noting Egyptians lack holidays and idleness. The author suggests recreation is needed despite their hard work and hints at a grim future if improvements aren’t made. Frances Call.
The Kiamaco Falls Republican reports Crater Lake National Park Superintendent WF Aruct says Tah trout have been found in Crater Lake. Isolated fish sightings from shore and boat travelers across to an island suggest a growing trout population, with several large specimens noted and fish reportedly placed there in the past. The piece also touches on Mrs. McGuire’s congressional visit and social rounds.
The ad claims Schilling's Best ground nutmeg is finely ground from difficult nuts, with oil as the virtue, noting some nutmeg is dry or wormy. It asserts the grocer’s money back guarantee and warns that not all nutmegs are of equal quality.
A prize offer from the East Oregonian details a subscription contest running until November 4. New subscribers count, with half of all contest money awarded to the guess closest to Oregon's total votes for the winning presidential candidate. Readers must send 60 cents to subscribe and can gain multiple guesses through referrals. The past June 1904 total vote was 92,608 with major shares for Republican and Democratic candidates.
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